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Thursday, February 7, 2013

January Finishes

My Friends Who Quilt decided to go in together to create this blog to post our UFO Challenge finishes! Hi! my name is Gina, and I blog over at Sew Much and More. I'm a little late to post my January finishes but I do have finishes... completed projects! Yea!

My first finish was a denim prayer quilt! I make prayer quilts for my church ministry. So happy to be able to get this quilt to the recipient. A dear friend was scheduled for open heart surgery for a heart valve procedure. Praises, the surgery was a success and he's home now recovering!

I love all the shades of blue! I follow this tutorial to make my denim quilts from recycled jeans!

Here's a photo showing the back. You can also see some of the untied threads. The quilt is
presented to the congregation, each person
says a silent prayer and ties a knot in the threads. Knots can be tied on top of
knots (prayers on top of prayers). To learn more about prayer quilts you can go here and here.

Next up, I participated in the Dare to Dresden blog hop hosted by Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt and Christine at Quilt Monster in my Closet. They are very talented ladies, visit their blogs every chance you get!

I completed 3 Dresden projects!

This was the first mug rug I've made! It was so easy and fun to make!

It's been cold here in Arkansas and this mug rug works perfect for a cup of hot chocolate and extra marshmallows!

I love how the nested Dresden pillow turned out! The pillow is 20 x 20 inches and the Dresden measures 16 x 16 inches. I love the blue and white, it makes me think of blue porcelain dishes.

Next I made a denim Dresden rag table topper.

This was a last minute idea, sometimes those are the best! The ragging will look better after more washings. It's made from denim jeans my two sons can no longer wear.

It's reversible too! I'm an instruction follower and I was winging it on the Dresden table topper
and surprised myself that it turned out so well!!

Here's one more photo with a vase in the center!

I don't want this blog post to be too long, so I won't get into my February UFO's. I'll let you know what they are in a separate post.